Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is set to testify first for the prosecution at Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial this week, the Daily Beast reports.
Pecker would be able to help shed light on how the publication offered political cover to the former president with so-called catch-and-kill schemes to bury negative stories about him.
New York Times: Tracing the trail of hush-money deals that led to Trump’s prosecution.
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